Tuesday, April 29, 2025

It's been 571 days too many.
More psychological torture from the terrorists - Hamas has released a new video of hostage Elkana Bohbot — the third time he’s been shown in captivity.
The United States, UK, EU, Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases the hostages
https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them
Egypt
Egypt Is Demanding that Hamas Disarm  (Israel Hayom)
Iran
> Massive explosion at Iranian port caused by chemicals from China used by Iran to produce missiles
> Now that the Trump administration is holding direct negotiations with Iran, it must demand that the ruling mullahs immediately stop supporting Hamas https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21567/iran-hamas-terrorism-plan
Israel
> Israel's war in Gaza is necessary, despite what its critics... war must be a last resort, undertaken only after all nonviolent alternatives — diplomacy, deterrence, sanctions, international mediation — have been exhausted.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-moral-and-legal-case-for-israels-war-against-hamas
> How Israeli Military Technology Continues to Improve the US Military https://www.inss.org.il/publication/usa-army-idf/
Jordan
>Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood group, confiscates its assets and offices
>Hamas-Trained Cell in Lebanon Linked to Jordan Missile Plot  (Ynet News)
Lebanon
>Hizbullah Commanders Flee Lebanon for South America   (Israel Hayom)
>Lebanese anger toward Hezbollah is rising, while IDF continues operations to prevent the group's resurgence https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byyvmbiygx#autoplay
Palestinians/Gaza
>Hamas’ Tunnels of Terror - for the first time ever, explore the underground war Hamas is waging beneath Gaza. https://tunnels.honestreporting.com/
> “Hamas slams U.S. decision to deprive UNRWA of legal immunity.” Qods International News Agency
>Why Hamas Must Not Be Allowed to Keep Its Weapons https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21572/hamas-weapons
>PA Leader Abbas Calls on Hamas to Release Israeli Hostages and Disarm  (CNN)
Qatar
US ally Qatar’s deputy prime minister: ‘We are all Hamas’ https://jihadwatch.org/2025/04/us-ally-qatars-deputy-prime-minister-we-are-all-hamas
Syria
>Syria's New Leader Was Imprisoned by the U.S. in Iraq for Five Years  (Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
>New groups in Syria include Uli al-Baas, an armed proxy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
https://www.newsweek.com/us-friends-foes-syria-respond-trump-reducing-troops-2062811
UK
BBC Arabic and BBC need to confront their bias https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/aa6a6e2b173849c5
https://camera-uk.org/2025/04/23/omissions-in-bbc-jerusalem-bureau-journalists-recent-syria-reports/
USA
For Holocaust Memorial Day, three members of Congress voted to declare Israel an enemy of the US – - alongside North Korea, China, and Iran: Tlaib, Omar, Pressley. The amendment failed 3-410 in one of the most overwhelming rejections in congressional history.
Yemen
>Houthis claim US Air Force attacked Hodeidah, northwestern Yemen
https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/16/b-2-using-gbu-57-mop-yemen-reports/?s=08
>Houthis continue to fire missiles at Israel
>U.S. Says Chinese Company Is Helping Houthis Target American Warships  (Financial Times-UK)
 
On Campus
>Harvard, do you hear yourself? https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5263585-harvard-funding-civil-rights/
>The ACLU’s Egregiously Dishonest Attack on CAMERA for Exposing Georgetown Academics https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/04/23/the-aclus-egregiously-dishonest-attack-on-camera-for-exposing-georgetown-academics/
>Yale Derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter After Group Blocks Jewish Students' Access to Parts of Campus https://freebeacon.com/campus/yale-derecognizes-students-for-justice-in-palestine-chapter-after-group-blocks-jewish-students-access-to-parts-of-campus/
Columbia Journalism Review editor fired after drawing line between journalism and activism https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/columbia-journalism-review-editor-fired-after-drawing-line-between-journalism-and-activism/